The track record of video game to film adaptations has been chequered to say the least, with the bad (Super Mario Bros, Streetfighter) far outweighing the good (the trashy but fun Mortal Kombat).

And now, just weeks after Tomb Raider added itself to the library of the profoundly average, comes the screen version of this complicated multi-part console favourite.

This one claims to be a bit different, with a cast consisting entirely of computer generated 'realistic' looking humans and CGI graphics which attempt to take this rapidly evolving form of animation to new levels.

The results are certainly evident on screen, but with such important elements as storyline and decent dialogue left by the wayside in the pursuit of stunning visuals, this is seriously dull stuff.

Bad guy General Hein uses militant methods

The plot, such as it is, sees our intrepid heroine Dr Aki Ross (voiced by Ming-Na Wen), defending what is left of the world from rampaging alien phantoms.

At the same time, she must seek a cure for a deadly extra-terrestrial virus which has invaded her body.